Celebrating birthdays is so much fun! Games, prizes, cupcakes, and lots of happy birthday wishes for 2 of our 13 recipients served this month!

Ho! Ho! Ho! Candy cane reindeer, coloring sheets, and lots of excitement…the annual Santa Train event is always fun!

We served 16 youth and seniors in November and had the pleasure of celebrating 5 of the youth at our monthly party!

What a fun day celebrating the birthdays for 3 of the wonderful youth we served in October! 

We had the pleasure of celebrating 2 very fun kiddos in September! Games, prizes, and birthday wishes made it a great day!

Spiral notebooks, composition notebooks, colored pencils, or crayons? Each student got to pick one to help get ready for the new school year!

How do you celebrate 3 awesome youth and 5 amazing seniors? Have a multi-generational party at Heron Pointe!

Our second year participating in the annual Polk County Fair, we met lots of great people, shared information about our mission, and held drawings for family-friendly giveaways!

Headbands and firework floats? Happy 4th of July!

Sparklers, a fun and festive craft perfect for the holiday and cheering participants in the annual Grand Parade! 

Games, prizes, food, and fun? Must be our June birthday party celebrating 3 special youth in our community!

A big thanks to Girl Scout Troop 10106 for choosing us to be their partner for their final service project of the year! There will be lots of happy kids and seniors who will receive the awesome gifts the troop collected!

The City of Independence hosted this inaugural community event, and we got to host the cardamking tent! What fun to help kiddos make Mother’s Day cards for their loved ones!

What a fabulous way to spend a Sunday afternoon…celebrating the birthdays of 2 youth and 1 senior!

Lots of fun meeting folks in Falls City and letting them know about our mission to celebrate birthdays!

We had a great time talking and interacting with the hundreds of families that participated in this year’s Fam Jam!

We had a great time Sunday sharing in the joy of celebrating the birthdays for 4 of our recipients!

We may not have won, but it was truly an honor to be one of three finalists in the Nonprofit of the Year category!

What a fantastic night!

We are sincerely grateful to everyone who attended our inaugural event for your support, for participating in our tasting adventures, and for playing our whimsical games. Many thanks as well to our awesome volunteers, wonderful sponsors, and generous prize, raffle, and wine pull donors for your part in making the event so successful. And our gratitude to Eola Hills for the venue and tasty wine, to Loustic Catering for the delicious food and shrubs, to Nathan Anderson for the delightful music, to Debi Thurman for making the awesome raffle baskets, to Danny Jaffer and Marc Powell for crafting the fabulous game boards, to Phil Wright for the amazing photos, and especially to Suzanne for sharing her story.

Because of ALL of you, we generated over $10,000, including gifts in-kind, to support our mission of celebrating birthdays for underserved youth and seniors in our community! It truly was a very merry night!

Thank you to our Founders’ Circle for your generous support!

Premier Partner: Polk County Service Club, Frank & Ashley Roe, Tommy & Jean Love

Community Champion: Kevin & Lara Kempka, David & Debbie Kerns, John & Betsy Messer, Phil Wright

Founding Friend: Steven & Winnie Goto, George Jeffery, Paul Kyllo, Jen & Molly McDermond, Julia Parks & Chris Wilson, Monmouth Hardware, in honor of Ann Collins & in honor of Barbara Freeze by Lara Kempka & Jean Love, in memory of Mike Moran by Pat Stineff